Kane equals Shilton's 125-cap England record with brace v Czechia

📰 On the night he equalled England's appearance record, Harry Kane scored twice to lead a 3-0 win over Czechia. 📌 Key points 🏴 Kane won his 125th England cap, level with Peter Shilton's all-time record. ⚽ Goals in the 40th and 57th minutes took him to 91 for his country. 🎯 The 27th-minute opener also came from a Kane cross, turned in by a defender. 📈 England made it three Nations League wins in a row and sit second on nine points. 🧤 Peter Shilton congratulated him by video and said he would break it in November. 📝 What happened 🏟️ Kane captained England against Czechia in Nations League Group A3 at Wembley on 6 October. For the 33-year-old it was a 125th England appearance, drawing level with goalkeeping great Peter Shilton's men's record. ⚽ He marked the occasion with goals. In the 27th minute Czech defender Vladimir Coufal turned Kane's cross into his own net. Kane finished Morgan Rogers' cross from close range in the 40th minute, then headed in Lewis Hall's corner in the 57th to make it 3-0. 👏 Kane was replaced by Dominic Calvert-Lewin late on and left to a standing ovation. Thomas Tuchel made four changes, resting Bukayo Saka and Anthony Gordon. 🧤 Shilton, 77, said in a video message: "I would just like to congratulate you on equalling my caps record for England. And you will go on and beat it in November, I'm sure of that." 📊 By the numbers • 125 England caps (level with Shilton) • 91 international goals (his 90th and 91st on the night) • England 3-0 Czechia, a third straight Nations League win • Group A3: Spain 12 points, England 9 🔭 Why it matters England's record goalscorer is now one game from owning the appearance record too. Playing against Croatia at Wembley on 12 November would give him 126 caps and sole ownership of the record, before a trip to Spain on 15 November. It is good news for Bayern as well. Kane returns to Munich in scoring form, with the Bundesliga resuming away at Augsburg on 10 October.